I’ll never
promise you
forever,
because
forever
was when
i was with
her.

I freeze two stages in
and she watches with adoration
what a catch,
in weather such as this

The mirror can no longer bear to shatter at my reflection.
I have become something more than glass.
My hair is healthy for the first time in years,
and so, too, is my heart.
No fighter will ever again tread these trails.
I search for my Dionysus,
And leave my wars behind.
I have earned my peace.

It is going to hurt you,
in the end.
good luck.
I told you so.

i will use my last breath
to tell myself
you loved me

A badger meets a snake,
in a field.
A laugh,
A confession,
A goodbye.
The wind blows all the same.